Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-19
THE CORONER's INQUEST.
Result of the Inquest Held Yesterday at the
Coroner's ONCE.

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| Coroner's ONCE.
| After the body of the colored man who
was murdered on the banks Of Chisholm
creek had been taken from the river 1t was
brought to Kendal's shop on East Douglas.
Sunday morning the rapid state Of decompo-
sition made it necessary that the body be in
tered without delay. Deputy sheriff D. v.
Donnelly summoned jury composed OF the
| following: Thos D. Craddock, w. b..
Hutchinson. Geo. L. Swope, S. E. Williams,
Fl. w. Gilbert and Fl. Baker. They viewed
the body, were sworn in as jurors and were
then dismissed until yesterday when the in
quest would be completed. DR.. Rentz also
called at the time and made an autopsy.
There appears to be somewhat of a misun-
Outstanding as to the name Of the deceased
that which appear upon the employment
certificate from Kenworthy was William
Parrish: while the name upon the letter from
San Antonio was William Price. The latter
pGs The name under which the coroners in
quest was held.
At the inquest yesterday DR.. Rentz was
f;rst called. He says: 81 found two wounds
upon the right side of the head about one
iuch above the upper lobe of the ear; one
| Just little in front of the ear, the other
about TWO inches behind the first wound.
| The first wound was cut through the fieshy
tissuS 20 the bone about one or one and a
| querter il ches long, the second was cut
| through t. the skull and about the same
| length From appearance they were made
! by some blunt instrument-could
have been made with the corner
of a brick The blows upon the head would
not libely cause immediate death, but both
would be considered fatal wounds. | think
| the immediate cause of death was drowning.
From the appearance of the body l would
think life extinct about IS hours; it was
| about . O'Clock on the morning Of the nth
that I examined him. Either wound could
haze produced death. There were no other
WON d han those above stated upon the
d."
Henry Har man, an employee of the brick
yard was next called and after being sworn
said: Upon last Saturday evening between |
6 aud O'Clock after [ had eaten supper and
returned to work | saw a colored man COM |
ing by The kiln &, ing little north and then |
west. He mad q string of fish. He was |
sbout six f. ct tall, quite dark, had nous |
tache, chin whiskeTs about an inch long. |
His hat was black, he wore a short gray
coat ard pants CT the same color; he passed |
about fifteen feet from where | stood.
saw 70 one going down the creek; this man
came from Y here the dead man was found
John Harstman spoke of seeing colored
man answering he description before given
go fist up the stream and then cross the
yard "About : O'clock" he adds, II went
in the edge Cf The corn; about forty feet
from the kiln on the edge of the creek saw
some paTels ard hat. | went about ten
feet further on; when came back by the pa
pers stopped and looked at them. | saw
fresh hlcod and marks indicating that some
thing had been dragged into the creek
L hurried back told tie rest Of the men: we
all went back to the place, sll looked at it
and came away. Jim Thorp and myself went
and reported il to Mr.. Campbell He and
a Iother man came with US. The young man
with Mr Campbell picked up letter, opened
it snd found $25. This man and Mr. Camp
bell went into the creek and found the body
about fifty feet below where they went in.
Henry Hopkins, cook in the brick yard
saw the two NEE going TO the creek and gives
the following Gescription: zone was a dark
colored man with short beard all over his
face: he wore mat brown duckipg, commonly
called CvdEai's, well worn de1Iy hat; one
had tight Parts and light gray coat.
L saw TIE dead man betn cen
10 a I'd II o'cle OK; in my opinion he was one
of the me-, | saw in the afternoon. One of
them as about five feet eight, the other six
feet. The ;al man had thin lips: if he has
on the ssme clothes | think [ would recog-
nize BIN. Those were the only men | saw l
fishing thst day S
Willie EyzIs a sixteen year old boy, also
e Aployed at tie brick yard, spoke of seeing t
the t. men going towards the creek. The {
taller asked for job of work and was re- !
ferred by Young Evans to the boss In des- {
cri brig the taller he says: The i
man was about six feet high,
rather dark skin, wore stiff 1
black hat, gray clothes. | think | would /
know him if | saw him again" i
Allen Temple another boy employed at the l
yard, says he saw the two men between ) 1
and u O'Clock inthe afternoon. They asked f
him for matches, and also inquired for "a I
good fishing place" He directed them to L
fhirteeLth street, near the bridge The e
nsn that asked for matches was not as tall S
as the other ore. The other was pretty tail. Q
did not notice his clothes, and never saw t
either Of them aIterward1 a
James l. Campbell spoke Of seeing tail. v
lark man go through the gate on his place. h
cave it open, and walk hurriedly south on
avenue.
The jury returned the following verdict:
: The deceased came to his death from '
v oundS inf on his person with felonious "
alert ly some party or parties unknown to Ii
his jury" s,
The murderer has not Yet turned up; al o
hou gh there seems to be feeling that he is II
TO- far away ard will very soon be brought a
o answer for his crime d
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